Housewife's Alphabet chords by Peggy Seeger
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (C major) (G major) (B flat major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
(G major) A is for
altar where (C major) we go astray (G major)
(D major) Be for the bills that begin the next (G major) day
See for the (D major) cuffs and the collars (C major) of shirts (G major)
D is for dishes (C major) and (D major) dusting and (G major) dirt
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Verse 2
(D major) E is my energy draining (G major) away
And (A major) F is for floors to be swept (D major) every day
G (G major) for girlhood that's gawky (C major) and (G major) gone
And a H fed (B flatdim) up (G major) house (C major) wife
that's (D major) singing (G major) (D major) this song
(G major)
Verse 3
Wearily, (D major) it's (G major) merely a (C major) good
woman's (G major) day
(D major) Cooking and cleaning and tidying away (G major)
If ever you finish, (D major) re (C major) member that when (G major)
You wake (A minor) up to (G major) mor (C major) row, it all (D major) starts again
(G major)
Verse 4
I is for ironing for kids (C major) in their teens (G major)
(D major) J is for jerseys and jumpers and jeans (G major)
K for the (D major) kitchen for years (C major) upon en (G major) d
I've lived (A major) with left (B flatdim) (G major) over
(C major) s and laundry (D major) for friends
(G major)
Verse 5
(D major) M is my mending, there's mile (G major) upon mile
(A major) N for the nappies in a (D major) big stinking pile
(G major) O for the odd jobs, the (C major) odd one or (G major) two
Like push (A minor) ing (G major) the pram (C major) or (D major)
unplugging the loo
(G major)
Verse 6
Wearily, (D major) it's merely (G major) a (C major) good
woman's (G major) day
(D major) Cooking and cleaning and tidying away (G major)
If ever you finish, (D major) re (C major) member that when (G major)
You wake up tomor (C major) row, it all (D major) starts again
(G major)
Verse 7
Q is for quarreling of chicks (C major) in my nest (G major)
(D major) Are is for referee and a one minute rest (G major)
S for the shopping (D major) in snow, (C major) sleet or rain (G major)
And T (A major) for (B flat major) that toi (G major) let,
(C major) it's (A major) stopped (D major) up again
(G major)
Verse 8
(D major) U is for underwear, (G major) grimy and soiled
(A major) V for those things that you peel, (D major)
chop and boil
(G major) W for woman and washing (C major) machine (G major)
We both need atten (C major) tion,
you (D major) know what I mean
(G major)
Verse 9
Wearily, (D major) it's merely (G major) a (C major) good
woman's (G major) day
(D major) Cooking and cleaning and tidying away (G major)
If ever you (D major) finish, re (C major) member that (G major) when
You wake (C major) up to (G major) mor (C major) row,
it all (D major) starts again
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(G major) (D major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) (G major)
Verse 10
(G major) We've got no union,
it's (C major) eight days a week (G major)
They're crammed (D major) into seven,
I'm out on my feet (G major)
So much to (D major) do, where should (C major) I begin? (G major)
But I got all my life (C major) time to (D major) finish it in (G major)
Verse 11
W (D major) for wings, if I (G major) had them I'd fly
(A major) X marks the spot where
I sit (D major) down and cry
Why Z (G major) for yours truly,
I've (C major) gone on too long (G major)
And so has the system (C major) (G major) and
so (D major) has this song
(G major) (C major)
Verse 12
(D major) Wearily, it's (G major) merely a (C major) good
woman's (G major) day
(D major) Cooking and cleaning and tidying away (G major)
If ever you (D major) finish, re (C major) member that (G major) when
You wake up (C major) to (G major) mor (C major) row, it all (D major) starts again
(G major)
Verse 13
If this song was (D major) household
(G major) you'd (C major) sing it and (G major) then
You'd go back (G major) where you (G major) star
ted and sing (D major) it again (G major)
Again (C major) and again (G major) and again (C major) and again
Housewife's Alphabet
Peggy Seeger
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